Re: OO versus RDB
From: H. S. Lahman <h.lahman_at_verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:40:00 GMT
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> I doubt if you can justify that statement. The classical matrix and
> integration algorithms, for example, are written in languages like
> FORTRAN, ALGOL, C and C++, and would be extremely difficult to port to
> functional languages, relying as they do on a sequence of mutations to
> data structures. If you do a search for work on functional languages
> and numerical algorithms, you won't find much, apart from experimental
> work.
There is nothing wrong with me that could not be cured by a capful of Drano.
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:40:00 GMT
Message-ID: <QVbrg.5593$Ym2.5253_at_trndny05>
Responding to Parker...
>>Similarly, functional programming represents the best >>approach I know of to algorithmic processing when requirements are >>nonvolatile.
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> I doubt if you can justify that statement. The classical matrix and
> integration algorithms, for example, are written in languages like
> FORTRAN, ALGOL, C and C++, and would be extremely difficult to port to
> functional languages, relying as they do on a sequence of mutations to
> data structures. If you do a search for work on functional languages
> and numerical algorithms, you won't find much, apart from experimental
> work.
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